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I Had my old D90 camera refitted with an internal infrared filter. I used LifePixel to do the conversion. I’ve been spending the last couple of days figuring out how to take photos with it and how to process them. I think I still have a lot to learn about composing for …

The Cloisters, which is the museum annex of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that contains most of its Medieval collection, is located in Fort Tryon Park in the Inwood section of Manhattan. Once a year at the end of summer, the park turns into a medieval festival with many people dressing in various garbs and actors, storytellers, musicians and singers interdispersed between the large crowd. They have sword demonstrations and …

5 ptz is a five-story, block-long industrial complex building in Long Island City, located at 45-46 Davis St. which allowed curated street art to be spray painted onto their walls. However, 12 years of art work has been destroyed. After a protracted legal battle in which the owner wishes to tear down the building and build condominiums, he had all the art painted over with white paint. The building is still standing but all the art is no longer visible. Now, its his building to do whatever he wants with, but since he wasn’t destroying the building yet, it seems a shame to destroy the art. Some of the art was very talented, and most of it was very original in …

While the Freedom Tower is not yet completely built, it is still complete enough to function as part of the World Trade Center Memorial. The line to get in can be annoying and it is a long walk in. You have to go past metal detectors and x-ray machines. But once there, the memorial is respectful and pretty and the tower’s reflectivity of the sky adds to the allure of the memorial. If you are into photographing the Freedom Tower, wait until you have completely entered the memorial for your best shots. Catching the clouds and the …

I’m not one who appreciates graffiti much, no matter how the calligraphy looks, But street art can be absolutely astounding. This was the case at 5 pointz an old factory building that exists to highlight graffiti and street art. I”d heard about it before, …

This is the second time I’ve been to this pow wow at Floyd Bennet Field in Gateway National Recreation Area in Brooklyn. This Pow wow is run by the Redhawk Native American Arts Council. The dancers are lively and energetic with wonderfully colored costumes. This pow wow represents many Native American tribes and had a demonstration of hula performed by a native Hawaiian. There are also demonstration performances by Native Americans from Central and South American. Most of the performances are judged dances. One particularly good performance was by the male fancy costumes. Their dancing was complex and energetic despite the …

Coney Island was busy yesterday. It showed no signs of the tropical storm named Sandy that struck it in October. The only place that didn’t appear back to normal was the aquarium which was only about half open as of yesterday. The beach was filled in the 90 degree heat and the rides in Luna Park and the Cyclone roller coaster were up and running. While the area was not as packed as it may be later in the summer, the water is still quite chilly this time of the year. Definitely a fun place to visit for the day.

The El Cinco de Mayo Parade began at 1 PM and was only 10 blocks long, but it was long enough to show the pride and culture of Mexicans in NYC. Prior to the parade was a dance celebration with many colorful costumed characters, old and young alike, swaying and dancing to the beat of the band that played one song multiple times. 108th St and Central Park West was closed down to vehicular traffic and there were groups of people on the streets who were getting ready, helping each other prepare for the parade or were already dancing. By the time that the parade began, everyone was in a celebratory mood. There were many families and there were children in …